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  • The Union Street Bakery

  • Union Street Bakery Series, Book 1
  • By: Mary Ellen Taylor
  • Narrated by: Susan Boyce
  • Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (1,626 ratings)

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The Union Street Bakery

By: Mary Ellen Taylor
Narrated by: Susan Boyce
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Daisy McCrae's life is in tatters. She's lost her job, broken up with her boyfriend, and has been reduced to living in the attic above her family's store, the Union Street Bakery, while learning the business. Making things worse is the constant feeling of not being a "real" McCrae, since she was adopted as a child and has a less-than-perfect relationship with her two sisters. Then a long-standing elderly customer passes away, and for some reason she bequeaths to Daisy a journal dating back to the 1850s, written by a slave girl named Susie. As she reads, Daisy learns more about her family - and her own heritage - than she had ever imagined. Haunted by dreams of the young Susie, she is compelled to look further into the past of the town and her family.

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Gets better as it goes along

Appreciated the historic renderings. Character development was good. But it did make me hungry at times 🤗

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Enjoyed the book.

Kept me interested and in suspense. Twist and turns. The ending was amazing. A good listen.

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great story albeit confusing

it was hard to follow without seeing the actual family tree. but great story. definitely could have been shorter. very slow getting into it but worth it. narrator was meh.

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Interesting

Family history a little confusing at the end, but a good story. Family dynamics believable.

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Thoroughly enjoyed this

Loved the storyline and the interviewing with ghosts. Complex narrative made simple kept me completely hooked

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Interesting…

…and thoughtful plot. Enjoyed the possibilities and the execution. Periods of lag but came together.

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Great!

I loved this free book! I loved that ghosts were involved. Historical fiction is my favorite. I was thoroughly entertained!!

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Well written and narrated

I left off a comment from my earlier review. In addition to not liking the Daisy character. At all. I found it interesting that the race of the character of Florence was specifically described as black. Why was that necessary? Being a nurse to Mabel didn’t have anything to do with race. None of the other characters’ race was mentioned. I’m just sayin….

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love this story!!

I really liked this story. I loved the way all the questions were answered in the end.

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A historical mystery

I loved that this book mixed a modern story with a historical mystery seamlessly. It wasn’t overly focused on romance, but focused on an adopted woman’s process of finding out where she comes from
and who she is. I enjoyed the characters and laughed out loud at some of their dialogue.

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